PPA and day licences

[Napalm]

The point I'm trying to make is that if there is a rival organisation, with its own events - by my understanding anyone who does well in a series like will not be eligible for provincial, or national colors. 

[Gasping]

The point I'm trying to make is that if there is a rival organisation' date=' with its own events - by my understanding anyone who does well in a series like will not be eligible for provincial, or national colors.  [/quote']

 

Which is the over whelming majority. If they can only pick from 150 members, how representative do you think they will be? How much longer can they survive before the SA Olympic Committee rescinds their exclusivity?

[Gasping]

I suggest a new organisation: Cycling Hierarchy Of Professionals (CHOP!)

[Napalm]

At this point is SA cycling I doubt if there is a 150 people to choose from in any case. The sport in SA is a sport for funriders. 

[porky]

For the CSA to succeed in the long term, they need to run like a business and have something to sell, a service, a product something tangible.

As a business they need to start looking at funding themselves, with sponsorships, donations, pledges etc, they cannot just continue to solicit money from the everyday recreational cyclist which gets ferreted away to be used on activities THEY see fit and theres absolutely no value for the payee. 

 

Sooner or later people will wise up, presently I dont think the majority of people know what the CSA dos, they think the CSA runs races, organises events, looks after our rights etc, and so, in the short term, they pay.

 

But this can never be long term, people will soon start to ask questions and if there are no answers, they will stop paying, its simple and its clear, nobody, but nobody, pays for something year in and year out and recieves no value.

 

[Napalm]

I've done a bit of research, and the 10% that the organiser collected on the prizemoney was because of a UCI regulation. Events of a certain level pay over 10% of the winnings to the national federation.